2022 - 2023 Virtual Member-Wide Programming

Below are recordings of NCNG's 2022-2023 Funder Calls.

Understanding Trauma

August 31, 2022

This call was not recorded.

Join Rural Opportunity Institute's Certified Resilience Educator Mysha Wynn to learn about types of trauma and how trauma impacts communities. Mysha will also guide us through understanding how stress impacts our own brains and bodies and tools for rebalancing our nervous systems.

Funding Faith

September 14, 2022

If you want to fund work in rural communities, you have to be willing to fund churches and faith-based organizations. This webinar, presented by Monica McCann, Program Director of Resourceful Communities, Dr. Dawn Baldwin Gibson, Executive Pastor of Peletah Ministries, and Laura Byrch, Pastor of Blackburns' Chapel and Pastor of Community Engagement at Boone UMC covered:

Why faith-based organizations are often excluded from funding opportunities even though churches and other faith-based organizations do the bulk of nonprofit work in rural NC
Why it may be time to rethink your approach to funding work in rural communities and how to do it.

Watch “Funding Faith” on Vimeo. PW: ncng

NC Racial Equity Landscape Scan

September 15, 2022

A webinar on the NC Racial Equity Landscape Scan with Alfred Mays from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Sandra Wilcox Conway from the Conway Family Fund, Cyndi Soter O’Neil from ChildTrust Foundation, and the team from Education First. Grounded in the belief that we can work collectively to make progress on racial equity in our state, they’ll be presenting research on the challenges that NC education leaders (in school systems, nonprofits and philanthropy) face when advancing racial equity as well as recommendations for supports that address the needs of these leaders.

Watch “NC Racial Equity Landscape Scan” on Vimeo. PW: ncng

Medicaid and Behavioral Health: Collaborative Care Consortium

September 22, 2022

NC DHHS is driving transformations in Behavioral Health care for North Carolinians in a variety of ways, all with a focus on health equity and access. This webinar provided a high-level overview of the initiatives underway as well as a more detailed follow up and update on the work of the multi-payer, multistakeholder Collaborative Care Consortium that launched earlier in 2022. Presenters, including Dr. Shannon Dowler, shared how the products of this consortium are geared to transform integrated care for mild- to moderate- behavioral health needs in North Carolina.

Watch the “Medicaid and Behavioral Health” Update on Vimeo. PW: ncng

Fund the Work, Not the Model

October 5, 2022

The variety of successes in the NC Food Hub Collaborative demonstrate why it’s important to fund the work, not the model. Join Monica McCann, Program Director of Resourceful Communities, Davon Goodwin, Executive Director of Sandhills AgInnovation Center, and Carla Norwood, Executive Director of Working Landscapes, to understand:

The work looks different based on community needs. Each food hub may have the same mission, but they don’t try to replicate each other’s models.
How to “right-size” expectations rooted in community priorities. Meaningful impact doesn’t have to scale or spread across the state.
Nonprofits organizations can’t continuously innovate without their ideas, partnerships and collaboration being nurtured and funded.

Watch “Fund the Work, Not the Model” on Vimeo. PW: ncng

Defining Rural America: The Consequences of How We Count

October 20, 2022

Understand how the definitions of "rural" vary and explore the narrative and funding implications of the difference in definitions with Mark Rembert and Dani Douglas from the Center on Rural Innovation (CORI). CORI staff will share their findings from Phase 1 of their Rural Aperture project: Defining rural America: The consequences of how we count for the first half of the webinar and will open it up for questions and conversation for the second half. Defining Rural America is the first data story from CORI's ongoing work The Rural Aperture Project, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, that uses data to shift the national conversation about racial and economic equity in rural places. Additional data stories have since been released.

Watch “Defining Rual America” on Vimeo. PW: ncng

Data and Equity: Healthy Communities Dashboard

December 1, 2022

Cape Fear Collective presented an overview and demo of the Healthy Communities NC Dashboard. In addition, CFC data scientists provided examples of case studies in which this tool, combined with the Community Data Platform, informed tangible community impact.

Watch “Healthy Communities Dashboard” on Vimeo. PW: ncng

2022 State of Philanthropy Tech: Trends and Key Findings

January 24, 2023

In July 2022, Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) conducted a survey to better understand the technology environment, practices, and perceptions in philanthropy. Now in its third version, the 2022 State of Philanthropy Tech survey compiled results from 277 grantmaking organizations throughout North America, the EU, and UK. TAG executive Director, Chantal Foster and TAG Survey Committee Member, Tess Hanrahan of the Hewlett Foundation, shared key findings and trends. This webinar was provided in partnership with our friends at the Maryland Philanthropy Network.

Watch “2022 State of Philanthropy Tech: Trends and Key Findings” on Vimeo.

The State of Digital Equity

January 31, 2023

The NC Office of Strategic Partnerships provided a virtual session on the state of digital equity in North Carolina. Maggie Woods from the Office of Digital Equity and Literacy shared updates on the state’s digital equity efforts, why it matters to NC, and opportunities for philanthropy and state government to work together. Dawn Charaba, Executive Director of the Reidsville Area Foundation, and Sarah Thompson, Vice President of Economic Opportunity at the Dogwood Health Trust, discussed their approach for supporting digital equity.

Watch “The State of Digital Equity” on Vimeo. PW: ncng

Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy

February 8, 2023

Emily Harris, Executive Director of the Disability & Philanthropy Forum, and LaMondré Pough, CEO of Billion Strong, joined us for a conversation moderated by NCNG’s Megan Bostic. NCNG signed the Disability & Philanthropy Forum’s #DisabilityInclusionPledge in early 2023 and hosted this conversation is our next step in our disability inclusion learning journey. We heard from Emily and LaMondré about ways of thinking about and acting on disability inclusion, why a disability lens matters in philanthropy, and examples of inclusive practices.

Watch “Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy” on Vimeo. PW: ncng

Governance and Legal Trends and Best Practices: A Review for Funders

March 30, 2023

A high-level overview of recent trends and best practices for foundation governance. Attorneys from the Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations group of Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, presented practical tips for governance and legal compliance, focused on small to mid-size foundations. This call was provided in partnership with our friends at the NY Funders Alliance.

Watch “Governance and Legal Trends and Best Practices: A Review for Funders” on Zoom.

Medicaid Expansion

April 11, 2023

Dr. Shannon Dowler (Chief Medical Officer, NC Medicaid), Julia Lerche (Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Actuary, NC Medicaid), and Emma Sandoe (Associate Director, Strategy and Planning, NC DHHS Division of Health Benefits) joined us for a conversation about the latest updates and impacts of Medicaid expansion. This session was NOT recorded.

Environmental Policy Update

April 25, 2023

Brian Buzby from the N.C. Conservation Network joined us for an update about what to expect from local, state and federal policy decisions we're expecting Spring and Summer 2023.

Watch the 2023 “Environmental Policy Update” on Vimeo. PW: ncng

Education Policy Update

May 4, 2023

Mebane Rash of EdNC joined us for an education policy update.

Watch the “2023 Spring Education Policy Update” on Vimeo. PW: ncng

Health Policy Update

May 4, 2023

Erica Palmer Smith of NC Child joined us for a health policy update.

Watch the “2023 Spring Health Policy Update” on Vimeo. PW: ncng

Updates from Native Communities

May 16, 2023

Jesalyn Keziah, Executive Director of the Triangle Native American Society, shared about the recent historic and transformative funding in tribal nations and urban Indian organizations.

Watch the “Updates from Native Communities” on Vimeo. PW: ncng